sallimsayin Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 I'm not a novice computer user, so it's nothing I'm doing different. This just started happening when it worked perfectly before. I deleted a bunch of stuff off my computer to get more harddrive space. First several gigs, then 5 more gigs, then maybe 7. I went back to see how much I freed up and I'm 20gbs lower than before! I checked the recycle bin and around to see if there are any cc clean files holding this data that I can delete, nothing. I have Windows Vista. No changes have been made to my computer recently, definitely not since the time this randomly started. I did update the CC program, a couple of days ago, however. * I did check to see if others were having this problem first and did check to see if there was a file I could delete like was mentioned in other posts. There wasn't. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators mta Posted June 1, 2014 Moderators Share Posted June 1, 2014 3 areas I would look into. Restore Points: delete all but the last or so. Windows Updates: any chance it has recently sucked up your lost space. Lastly, do a search based on size, looking for anything greater than, let's start with, 500megs. Backup now & backup often.It's your digital life - protect it with a backup.Three things are certain; Birth, Death and loss of data. You control the last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sallimsayin Posted June 1, 2014 Author Share Posted June 1, 2014 I'll try the restore points. It's been forever since I've done a Windows Update. Thanks a lot for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winapp2.ini Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 If you have Wipe Free Space enabled, it may have left some files in the root of C:\ winapp2.ini additions thread winapp2.ini github Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sallimsayin Posted June 1, 2014 Author Share Posted June 1, 2014 I'll take another look. Thanks. I looked there but I hadn't seen anything. A few gigs have mysteriously reappeared but most are still missing. I deleted all but my oldest restore point, so I hpe more shows up. It's so weird that this never happened before, but suddenly after this last update. I definitely regret updating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winapp2.ini Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 You can tree Treesize Free to see what your largest directories are winapp2.ini additions thread winapp2.ini github Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sallimsayin Posted June 2, 2014 Author Share Posted June 2, 2014 You can tree Treesize Free to see what your largest directories are Trying this tomorrow. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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